Man driving man strikes crowd near London mosque

DEBKAfile was founded by a team of journalists in June 2000 as an independent Internet Web site, providing an intelligence and security news service. June 19, 2017, 6:19 AM (IDT)

Police arrested one person early Monday after a van ran over worshippers outside Finsbury Park Mosque in north London, causing dead and wounded. Witnesses said that three men were in the van and one jumped out armed with a knife and stabbed people. Many of the victims had just left the mosque after Ramadan prayers.
The attack appears to be revenge against the Muslim community for the string of Islamist extremist terrorist incidents in London and Manchester in recent months by the same methods..

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